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Native Americans
Native Americans were the
people who lived in America
before people from
other ce-~*"-~ ~-~e here.
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They took care of the earth and only
used what they needed.
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Native Americans used natural
resources
to meet their needs.
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Natural resources are things in nature
that people can use.
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> Native Americans lived in
culture groups.
>The people in a culture group
have the same way of life.
>A culture group is a group of
people who live in the same region.
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California a
Intermountain
Native Americans lived in six
different regions.
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Each لكوع had different physical
dings.
Some regions had
forests.
Others were
mostly desert.
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Still others had oceans nearby.
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Each culture group used the natural
resources in its region to meet its
needs.
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For this reason, Native American
culture
g ups had different homes.
Those who lived near deserts used clay
or stones to build their homes.
Those who lived on the Plains used
buffalo skins to make their homes.
Still others lived near forests.
They built their homes of wood.
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any Native American culture groups
built their homes in villages or cities.
These are the remains of an ancient
Anasazi cliff village.
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Other culture groups, like the Plains
Indians, were nomadic.
They could not live in one place.
They had to move around to follow
» the buffalg
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The physical surroundings of each
region also affected how each culture
group got its food.
Native Americans in the Eastern
Woodlands were very lucky. That
region had forests, lakes and rivers, a
nearby ocean, and good climate.
These Native Americans could farm,
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There were no forests in the
Southwest region. The land was
There were many mesas, or large
rocks with flat tops. The Indians
who lived in this region were
farmers. They eae their om
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Native Americans in the California Inter-
mountain region were known as
gatherers.
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There were few natural resources in
this region. These Native
Americans gathered acorns, seeds,
and fruits. They also dug up plant
roots to eat for food. A
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Indians from the Northwest Coast
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rivers for them to eat.
They also hunted animals in nearby
forests.
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Buffalo were a natural resource in the
Plains region. The meat was used for
food.
۱ The skins were used for shelters and
clathing. The bones were,used for togls.
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The physical surroundings of the
regions affected each culture group’s
There was much clay in the Southwest.
Native Americans that lived in this
region used the clay to make beautiful
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The Northwest Coast region had many
forests. The Native Americans in this
region used wood from the forests
to carve tall totem poles.
The carvings on each totem pole
told about a family’s history.
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There were many buffalo in the Plains
region. Native Americans who lived
in this region were hunter.
The Plains Indians had special
ceremonies before big hunts. They
danced to the music of drums. They
thought this would bring them good
k on the hunt.
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Native Americans in the California Inter-
mountain region were expert basket
They made beautiful baskets
out of grasses and plants.
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Physical surroundings affected how the
Indians traveled, too. All Indians
walked.
got horses from Spanish
explorers.
Indians in the Eastern
Woodlands, Northwest Coast,
and California Intermountain
gions used canoes.
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» Native Americans were the first
ANSHGE Mmericans respected nature.
» Native Americans used natural
bagauVeEAmericans lived in different
cagieive Americans had different homes.
» Native Americans got food in different
WRMive American culture groups had
different ways of life due to their
different physical surroundings and
ral resounges.
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Photo Credits
Page 1 - Spotted Tail’s family
Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public
Library
Page 14 - Fruit gatherer
Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's
‘The North American Indian’: the Photographic Images,
2001.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curth
ome.html